RENTON -- The Seahawks may have found an intriguing option to be the big, physical wide receiver they always are seeking.

They found him on the discard piles of the Washington Huskies, Miami Dolphins and New York Jets.

Damore'ea Stringfellow, the former Washington Husky who transferred to Mississippi, signed with the Seahawks on Monday. That was after he was perhaps the most impressive of the 46 tryout players the team had in this past weekend for their three-day rookie minicamp.

"(Stringfellow) had a good camp. He did a nice job," Carroll said Sunday. "He looked like he fit and made a real good statement to give himself a chance here."

The Seahawks signed Stringfellow and four other tryout players from the minicamp on Monday: free safety Tevon Mutcherson, center Marcus Henry, tackle Nick Callender and guard Avery Young.

Stringfellow, who was suspended out of the UW program in 2014, looked and practiced bigger in his blue Seahawks practice jersey than his listed 6-foot-2 and 218 pounds. That got Carroll's attention. He is constantly looking for bigger, physically dominant wide receivers to complement Seattle's smaller playmakers such as Doug Baldwin and Tyler Lockett.

The Seahawks' need to for a physically superior matchup at receiver increased in March when 6-foot-7 tight end Jimmy Graham signed as a free agent with Green Bay.

Stringfellow was a promising Huskies receiver at Washington until February 2014. On the night the Seahawks smashed Denver to win Super Bowl 48, Stringfellow and former Huskies quarterback Cyler Miles allegedly assaulted Seahawks fans on and around the UW campus.

Huskies coach Chris Petersen suspended Stringfellow and Miles. Police charged Stringfellow with two counts of fourth-degree assault and one count of third-degree malicious mischief. He was sentenced in a plea deal to five days on a work crew, fined $693 and ordered to attend anger-management counseling. He transferred to Mississippi later in 2014.

He played two seasons at Ole Miss, then declared for the NFL draft in 2017 with one year of college eligibility remaining. The Miami Dolphins signed him as an undrafted free agent last year.

But the Dolphins released him at the end of the 2017 preseason. The New York Jets had him on their practice squad last regular season, then cut him April 27.

This past weekend he was trying to stick back in Seattle.

Carroll made it sound like Stringfellow earned a longer look than a tryout. He'll be in Seahawks' organized team activities later this month to continue his quest to be a bigger receiver Seattle needs.

"We would always like to have" big wide receivers, Carroll said. "Our guys that do a lot of our playing are the quicker guys, smaller guys ... so we are always looking."

Damore'ea Stringfellow catches a pass against UCLA during a 2013 game in Pasadena. Stringfellow is looking to return to Seattle as a member of the Seahawks. He'll attempt to earn a roster spot in training camp this summer.(Photo: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports)

Preseason schedule set

The NFL said Friday the Seahawks' first preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts at CenturyLink Field will be on a Thursday night, Aug. 9. That means an earlier-than-usual start to training camp.

The NFL's collective bargaining agreement mandates teams cannot require veteran players to report to training camp sooner than 15 days before the initial preseason game. So the Seahawks' report date is most likely to be July 25, with training camp beginning the next day at the team's headquarters in Renton.

The last three years the Seahawks' first preseason games have been on a Sunday, Saturday and Friday, so the starts of the last three training camps have been on weekends.

Rookies can be required to report a couple days before veterans to training camp, but the Seahawks have not done that recently. Under coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider rookies and veterans have reported on the same day.

The team has yet to officially set their training-camp dates for this year..